[Fwd: ebBP call 10th may,recommendation add Schematron to DocumentSpec ificationType]

[Monica J Martin <Monica.Martin@Sun.COM>]

In Tuesday's call, we discussed UBL subset and other user community 
requirements for other enumeration values for DocumentSpecificationType.
Our decision was to add Schematron as another default value to that 
simpleType.

Current schema snippet for DocumentTypeSpecification:

    - <#> <xsd:simpleType name="*DocumentSpecificationType*">
    - <#> <xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:documentation>The simpleType related to the enumerated list
    of specification types for the Specification element. Note: This
    simpleType was added in v2.0.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    - <#> <xsd:restriction base="*xsd:NMTOKEN*">
      <xsd:enumeration value="*schema*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*dtd*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*wsdl*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*relaxng*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*other*" />
      </xsd:restriction>
      </xsd:simpleType>

Proposed schema change:

    - <#> <xsd:simpleType name="*DocumentSpecificationType*">
    - <#> <xsd:annotation>
      <xsd:documentation>The simpleType related to the enumerated list
    of specification types for the Specification element. Note: This
    simpleType was added in v2.0.</xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    - <#> <xsd:restriction base="*xsd:NMTOKEN*">
      <xsd:enumeration value="*schema*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*dtd*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*wsdl*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*relaxng*" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*schematron***" />
      <xsd:enumeration value="*other*" />
      </xsd:restriction>
      </xsd:simpleType>

In addition, we agreed to add some descriptive text regarding this in 
the v2.0.1 draft.

Current technical specification for Section 3.4.6.2:

It is relevant to note that the ebBP technical specification focuses on 
the logical business document not a wire format. Therefore, in 
maintaining that abstraction, focuses on providing a 
DocumentSpecificationType that points to more information about that 
specification. This capability also may assist in providing a hint to a 
system, while also allowing an application, middleware or a service, to 
bound what it may be capable of processing. An ebBP implementation MAY 
use DocumentSpecificationType element to point to implementation 
specific details that it is capable of processing.

Proposed technical specificaiton change for Section 3.4.6.2:

It is relevant to note that the ebBP technical specification focuses on 
the logical business document not a wire format. THE GOAL WAS TO KEEP 
LOGICAL SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS BETWEEN IMPLEMENTATION AND THE PROCESSES 
DESCRIBED.  Therefore, in maintaining that abstraction, focuses on 
providing a DocumentSpecificationType that points to more information 
about that specification. This capability also may assist in providing a 
hint to a system, while also allowing an application, middleware or a 
service, to bound what it may be capable of processing. An ebBP 
implementation MAY use DocumentSpecificationType element to point to 
implementation specific details that it is capable of processing.

FOR EXAMPLE, SEVERAL USER COMMUNITIES ARE OR ANTICIPATE USING A SMALL 
BUSINESS UBL SUBSET,  THE USE OF A HINT COULD ENABLE AN ITERATIVE STEP 
TO AUTOMATE THEIR PROCESSES AND PROVIDE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR USE OF 
CONTEXT OR SEMANTIC CONDITIONS UNDERSTOOD BY THOSE GROUPS. IN THIS 
SCENARIO, THE USE OF 'OTHER' ENUMERATION VALUE FOR THE 
DOCUMENTSPECIFICATIONTYPE ALLOWS THEM TO INTEGRATE A HUMAN DECISION INTO 
THE PROCESS (ALERT).  THE MESSAGE EXCHANGE AT THE TRANSPORT LEVEL AND AS 
DEFINED IN THE CPA, RESOLVE DOWN TO PHYSICAL BUSINESS DOCUMENTS.

IN ADDITION, BY USER COMMUNITY REQUEST, 'SCHEMATRON' HAS BEEN ADDED TO 
ASSIST IN PROVIDING A POINTER TO VALIDATION CAPABILITIIES.

Section 5.1.2 (references), add:
Schematron, Specification under standardizatin in ISO (DSDL project, 
www. dsdl.org), ISO/IEC 19757 - DSDL Document Schema Definition Language -
Part 3: Rule-based validation - Schematron, 
http://xml.ascc.net/resource/schematron/schematron.html.




>Rasmussen: Hi
>In the ebBP call of 10th May it was suggested that Schematron
>http://xml.ascc.net/resource/schematron/schematron.html be added to the
>enumeration list of DocumentSpecificationType and that an email regarding
>this suggested addition be sent to Monica J. Martin and Dale Moberg. 
>
>This addition is suggested for the reason that Schematron provides
>functionalities missing from the other common validation standards for xml,
>that Schematron is often considered as being in the same level of the
>validation stack as W3C Schema and RelaxNG, and that Schematron is
>undergoing standardization via ISO's DSDL project  http://dsdl.org/
>
>I hope that this email is an adequate documentation of the recommended
>addition. 
>
>Thank You,
>Bryan Rasmussen
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